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Nigerian States and Solid Minerals

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Abia
Adamawa
Akwa Ibom
Anambra
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Benue
Borno
Cross River
Delta
Ebonyi
Edo
Ekiti
Enugu
Gombe
Imo
Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Located Therein
Solid Minerals
Brine, iron ore, lignite, Kaolin, clay

Barytes, salt, calium-laterite, marble, gypsum, clay
Clay, glass, sand bentonite

Kaolin, limestone, marble
Limestone, columbite, iron ore, tin, kaolin
Columbite, kaolin, gypsum
Tin, columbite, kaolin, gypsum
Gypsum, iron ore, feldspar
Limestone, clay, uranium, bentonite
Lignita, gypsum, tar sand, silica
Salt, limestone, lead, zinc, gypsum
Gypsum, tar sand, lignite, marble
Tantalite, Quarta, kaolin, sand clay, gold feldspar
Coal, clay, limestone, silica iron, lead

Gypsum, columbite, lead, zinc, tin, iron ore, clay
Limestone, lead, zinc, ore, kaolin, clay

Kaolin, toumaline, copper, iron ore, clay
Gold, limestone, talic, zinc, clay, iron ore
Tin, zinc, lead, clay, copper, kaolin
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Katsina
Marble, kaolin, feldspar, iron ore
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Kebbi
Kaolin, salt, clay, limestone, iron ore
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Kogi
Limestone, clay, gold, iron ore, coal, marble
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Kwara
Iron ore, marble, limestone, clay, feldspar
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Lagos
Iron ore, marble, limestone, clay, feldspar
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Nassarawa
Iron ore, marble, coal, lead, zinc, tin, baryte
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Niger
Glass, gold, iron ore
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Ogun
Limestone, chalk, clay, kaolin, phostate, tar sand
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Ondo
Bitumen, limestone, kaolin, iron ore
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Osun
Granite, limestone, kaolin, iron ore, gold clay
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Oyo
Dolomite, kaolin, marble, iron ore, clay, gemstone
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Rivers
Silica, sand clay
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Sokoto
Kaolin, gypsum, salt, marble, limestone, gold
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Taraba
Baryte, bauxite, iron ore, bentonite, clay, columbite, limestone
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Yobe
Arabic gum, gypsum, limestone, clay kaolin
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Plateau
Tin, limestone, kaolin
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Zamfara
Gold, mica
Federal Capital Territory (FTC)
Marble, kaolin, clay, tin, lead, zinc
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Mans Role in
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By Omogbe
As
a growing child I had the pleasure of interacting with my father, he always allowed my
siblings and I come talk to him about anything, he was warm and blunt all at the same time. As
we grew to be teenagers and young adults, he involved us in discussions of politics that will be
our pass time in the evenings, if we were not playing scrabble. My mother will be on one side
with three kids and my father on the other with the other three. As the youngest I really did not
have much to say, but I will watch as each posed an argument of whatever it was they were
discussing and passionately too. Soon every one will be exhausted and it was time to go to bed
as school was the next day.
My mother was always there doing whatever it was that women did, taking care of us, seeing
that we had eaten, taking us to school, shopping, planning our holidays, etc. etc, but it was what
my father contributed to my life that made the most impact, why? Because it was rare when I
was going up to actually see men involved directly with the upbringing of their children let alone
their daughters.
I remember getting my first period, I was frightened and teary eyed, I went to my mother and
told her about bleeding she checked me, nothing serious and handed me over to my father, this
one is yours, I am tired and I helped her three sisters before her. My father looked at me gently
and asked me what was going on and I told him, he led me by my hand, looked through the
cupboard in the bathroom found a new sanitary belt and a pad made of cotton wool and a net.
He told me not to worry and not to be afraid it is normal for young girls my age to go through
this, he then put his hand on my shoulder and told me to put on the belt and helped me weave the
pad through. Then he sat me down and talked to me about the birds and bees and finally gave
several pamphlets I was to read on what happens if a woman has sex. I never forgot that day and
till this day I talk about it with pride among my friends as I have shared it with the forum.
For hours he will talk to us about honesty, pride and dignity. One of my questions to him was
why we had not built a house and moved to the Government Reserved Area (G.R.A.) like most of
our friends parents and he simply told me, because I am not about to steal money. I tell you, I
have peace of mind; I never have to worry about who is knocking on my door or calling me on
the phone. I am content and more than willing to live within my means. That was lesson
number one. I over heard him talking to a friend in the living room (parlor) once, they both
argued about sending their girls to school, my father was insisting that the man train his
daughter to the university of which he refused, saying he is expecting her to get married any day
and he would much rather spend his money on his sons. After he left I asked him why he (my
dad) felt it was important for girls to go to school, he told me that sending girls to school is
important, for instance if her husband were to die or he became disabled how was she supposed
to feed the family, she will be helpless. That was lesson number two.
After school, the driver will pick up my sister and I and take us to my dads office, where we will
sit until he closed from work (I just realized he baby sat us). We watched him as he worked,
handled phone calls, of course we did our home work and demanded for cake or meat pie and
coke. I took frequent trips to the bathroom just to move around, constantly asked questions about
what he did and why. I cant tell you where he found the patience to answer all those questions.
On the days when my mother picked us up, I will refuse to eat and constantly look out the door
for my dad, they will try force feeding me, soon I will be slumped beside my food sleeping until I
heard the door open and it was him. As soon as his meal was brought to the table I was on his
lap eating the biggest meat on his plate, sometimes I think the man could have given me up for
adoption. But he always had this twinkle in his eye and a smile at the corner of his mouth, I think
it gave him pleasure. I was junior information officer as everything that happened in the house
my father was sure to hear.
Continued SLAVES MINDS from Page 7- Looking around the world, you will see that what distinguished slaves
and masters is, slaves were trained how to speak, read and write academically in others languages to be managed, while the
masters uses their languages academically to create their environment to manage whoever that come to them and themselves.
What kind of education are we acquiring, if 120 million populations of people with leaders that do not consider god as sharing
what we have, an education that teaches individually born people to go and learn how to attach importance to individuality. It will
then be difficult to think together to evaluate our currency for a direct banking system with the countries that are producing most
of our domestic consumption, also to measure our direct trade relationships with others. A valuable educational system will be
born and not turn the whole continent to being treated like kids, whose parents pay for whatever they buy from others everyday. It
is time to start putting our leaders best and worst achievement in the history books before other countrys story to educate the
future generation, as their contribution to the society when theyre in or out of the office.
Our Africa leaders have demonstrated that god is not with us by not able to share, after repeatedly stolen their peoples money to
the countries were once enslaved, this makes their followers to think of looking for god everywhere they go. What will it take to
give individuals identification number during censor of the country, which will follow everyone around in this computer age, to
pay their taxes, shape the direction in which embezzlement and corruption will be abolished and maintain security within the
system we are creating? This will establish a domestic security to monitor whoever and their people coming back for orderliness,
not to express know how by asking foreign governments to run their peoples record in a country where theyre been monitored
with numbers to be conditioned.
Buying into economy structure (capitalism) created out of exploiting us, which will be impossible for us to practice the way the
people were emulating are practicing it. The business world of introducing gambling or game show to teach people how to
elevate their desperation for money instead of industries, how creating our environment to benefit is by looking into who we are.
Politics of free trade of privatization, without developing the mind of the future generation to produce what theyre going to
privatize, where land phone should be consider as a way of creating jobs before the circulation of cellular phones. Misplaced
priorities of catching up to selling our people to others, knowing the producers are the one controlling the existence of the
consumers.
For Africans, nothing is wrong for good people in our governments to deal with other countrys government directly that want to
do right by us, industries of using our mineral resources to produce our needs in the continent. Bring in air condition industries
for mass production in relation to our Africa climate for good health, stop our women from consuming a product made by people
who put themselves in the sun to have what our women are bleaching away from their skin, before bringing in amusement park
of privatization to condition our kids to think in a certain way, for few people that can afford it and hotels with gambling facilities
to fulfill occasional concerns, which is of no much value towards our development at present. These government created
industries can then be sold to rapid the growth of privatization, an easy and favorable transition if the general thinks capitalism is
the way they want to go, which will minimize exploiting ourselves for other peoples advantage at large. No matter how many
churches or mosques youve built to pray, god will never answer the prayer of people that do not think to share what god had
provided around them.
Repeating the same mistake of giving farmers money that are living with mentality of saving the money in foreign countries,
called off shore accounts means we are not ready. Why not provide the farmers machineries, tractors etc, trained them how to use
them to revive local skills, create jobs in the process with incentives base on producing lower cost of food to reduce inflation and
eradicate hunger.
Since politics lay foundation for every new culture, for people were emulating to monitor us in their countries, listening to phone
calls to teach freedom and were not doing the same to them in our countries of Africa to know their mission, before they have
their ships around us with their weapons made out of directing their man-power, making their academic education valuable. They
now reserve the right to use these weapons to destroy as many images of god as they like, killing the spirit of our future
generation to live in fear. It means we are not using our minds the way we have been trained.
Africa leaders should open their eyes to look beyond the immediate and see what is happening around the world. Breeding
generations that justify and ignored how others and our kind think of us in these environments to be comfortable, for controllable
destiny is not going to get us out of it. It is time to have analyst or investigators to go to these countries our youths are running to,
not to go to enjoy themselves as a way to measure the value of life to dance and sing their way to freedom, but to seek why we
have thousands of single male and female who cannot relate to one another and painfully go back home to pick husbands and
wives. Why our women turned their sponsors (their men) into enemy upon been trained or retrained as nurse, with kids between
them because of equality of special treatment to family dislocation, contrary to our customs to be managed by others. Base on
how we think among ourselves out of fear of the unknown, there can be no tomorrow for any group if their consider god as
sharing what we have, an education that teaches individually born people to go and learn how to attach importance to
individuality. It will then be difficult to think together to evaluate our currency for a direct banking system with the countries that
are producing most of our domestic consumption, also to measure our direct trade relationships with others. A valuable
educational system will be born and not turn the whole continent to being treated like kids, whose parents pay for whatever they
buy from others everyday. It is time to start putting our leaders best and worst achievement in the history books before other
countrys story to educate the future generation, as their contribution to the society when theyre in or out
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Did You Know....?
1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes.
2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there's a 50% chance that it will make you severely sick in 2 yrs.
3. There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly like you. There's a 9%
chance that you'll meet one of them in your lifetime.
4. Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger.
5. A person's height is determined by his/her father, and the weight is determined by his/her mother.
6. If a part of your body "falls asleep", you can almost always "wake it up" by shaking your head.
7. There are three things the human brain cannot resist noticing - Food, attractive people and danger
8. Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side
9. Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor.
10. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within 4 years.
11. There are so many kinds of apples, that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
12. You can survive without eating for weeks, but you will only live 11 days without
sleeping.
13. People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who don't.
14. Laziness (and inactivity) kills just as many people as smoking.
15. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia
16. Our brain uses same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb!!
17. Our body gives enough heat in 30 mins to boil 1.5 liters of water!!
18. Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough to dissolve razor blades!!
19. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant.
20. Forward this to all your contacts to help each and everyone of them lead a happier life
As I've aged, I've become kinder to, and less critical of, myself. I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read, or play on the computer until 4am? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of
the 60s, 70s & 80s, and if I, at the
same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, or deemed inappropriate for my age and will dive into
the waves, with abandon, if I
choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But then again, some of life is just as well forgotten and, eventually, we remember the
important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child
suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding,
and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so Blessed to have lived enough to have my hair turning grey, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into
grooves on my face. So many have never
laughed, and too many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've
even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being older. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever,
but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat
dessert every single day (if, I feel like it).
O-pen your heart

O-pen your mind
D-edicate your day
M-editate with God
O-ptimise your hopes
R-ebuke all evils
N-ever say never
I-mprove your skills
N-othing should scare you
G-o out with hope.
{1}
ONCE, All villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the People
gathered but only one boy came with an umbrella.
????
That's
FAITH
????
{2}
WHEN You throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her.
????
That's
TRUST
-----------------????
{3}
EVERY Night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next
Morning but still we set the alarms to wake up.
That's
HOPE
????
{4}
WE Plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future.
????
That's
CONFIDENCE
{5}
WE See the world suffering.
But still we get Married.
????
That's
LOVE.
{6}On an Old Man's shirt was written a cute sentence
'I Am Not 60 Years Old.., I Am Sweet 16 with 44 years Experience.'
????
That's
ATTITUDE
Now that you've been blessed, don't be stingy with the blessing, share them With 6
friends for 6 promises
Jun 11, 11:24 PM - Kenny Abisuga: Excuse me Dance????????????????????
Jun 11, 11:43 PM - Kenny Abisuga: 5ive undeniable Facts
of Life :
????1.
Don't educate your children to be rich.
Educate themto be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price
????2.
Best awarded words in London ...
"Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to
eat medicines as your food"
The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he will find one reason to hold on
There is a lot of difference between human being and being human.
A Few understand it.
You are loved when you are born. You will be loved
when you die. In between You have to manage...!
If u want to Walk Fast, Walk Alone..! But if u want to Walk Far, Walk Together..!!
Six Best Doctors in the World1.Sunlight
2.Rest
3.Exercise
4.Diet
5.Self Confidence
&
6.Friends
Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life
If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If
you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And
.... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of
GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... :) :) :).
Dave Chappelle on Rachel Dolezal:
"The World's Become

Ridiculous"
Dave Chappelle weighed in on the Rachel Dolezal scandal on Sunday when the comedian
delivered the commencement address at his D.C. alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of
the Arts.
"The world's become ridiculous," he said. "There's a white lady posing as a black lady. There is
not one thing that woman accomplished that she couldn't have done as a white woman. There's
no reason! She just needed the braids! I don't know what she was doing."
But talking to The Washington Post backstage, Chappelle took a more cautious approach to the
NAACP president whose parents claim she's a white woman pretending to be black.
"The thing that the media's gotta be real careful about, that they're kind of overlooking, is the
emotional context of what she means," Chappelle said. "There's something that's very nuanced
where she's highlighting the difference between personal feeling and what's construct as far as
racism is concerned. I don't know what her agenda is, but there's an emotional context for black
people when they see her and white people when they see her. There's a lot of feelings that are
going to come out behind what's happening with this lady. And she's just a person, no matter how
we feel about her."
Even though the scandal hearkens back to the Chappelle Show character of Clayton Bigsby, a
blind black Klansman who doesn't know he's black, Chappelle himself said he would at least
wait to incorporate Rachel Dolezal jokes into his set.
"I'm probably not going to do any jokes about her or any references to her for a while 'cause
that's going to be a lot of comedians doing a lot," he said. "And I'm sure her rebuttal will be
illuminating. Like, once she's had time to process it and kind of get her wind back and get her
message together."
But he did assess where Dolezal would go in his show's racial draft, in which various groups
selected multi-ethnic celebrities.
"I think black," Chappelle said. "We would take her all day, right?"
Dave Chappelle performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. Santa Fe police say a man tossed a
banana peel at Chappelle during a show,
Chris Rock gains joint

custody of daughters
Comedian Chris Rock has gained joint custody of his daughters as his bitter
divorce battle rumbles on. The Grown Ups star filed documents to end his
marriage to Malaak Compton-Rock in a New Jersey court in December, and he
subsequently lodged a request for joint custody of 13-year-old Lola and 11-year-old Zahra after
his estranged wife allegedly denied him access to the girls.
Court papers obtained by the New York Post now reveal the former couple has reached an
agreement over the children and the pair will share custody.
The papers also reveal that as their pre-nuptial agreement has expired, Compton-Rock is fighting
for a slice of her estranged husband's fortune, asking for a pay out that will allow her to maintain
"the marital standard of living".
The former couple married in 1996.
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RELIGION & YOU
Biblical Morality,
Slavery and Other Horrors
By Clyde Young,
Some say that Bushs attack on gay marriage is an attempt to rally his base for the mid-term elections. But
Bushs call for a constitutional amendment has a far more sinister and dark purpose: to push forward a
plan to remake the country on a fascist basis for decades to come. This plan pivots on imposing a
government based on a literalist interpretation of the Bible with "traditional values" and "traditional
morality" in full effect. These "values" and "morality" are fundamentally rooted in slavery and the
patriarchal domination of womento say nothing of the near genocide against native peoples in the
Americas and rivalry with and domination of other nations. All of this has been reinforced by a
superstructure of white supremacy and male supremacy.
The proposed constitutional amendment which the Senate voted on this week reads: "Marriage in the
United States shall consist solely of the union of a man and woman. Neither the Constitution, nor the
constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be
conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman."
The claim that marriage is between a man and a woman, as President Bush has proclaimed in a previous
public statement, is not supported by the bible, as anyone who has actually read the bible should know. In
Genesis chapters 29 and 30 we learn that Jacob was married to both Rachael and Leah. Deuteronomy
21:10-17 also provides for a "man having more than one wife," especially in the case of a "beautiful"
captive woman whom a "man desires and wants to marry." Also, in I and II Chronicles there is the story
of David, the greatest king of all, who had hundreds of wives and concubines. So, we see, based on what
is discussed here, the biblical justification for marriage as being only between a man and a woman is not
supported by the Christian Bible. Furthermore, the Bible interpreted literally is a horror. This is ancient
superstition which is being used in the service of a dangerous Christian fascist program.
The Bible upholds slavery, patriarchal oppression of women, the brutal conquest of ones enemies and
many, many more horrors. This is no surprise because the Bible itself was written in societies which
existed some two to four thousand years ago in which there existed not only slavery and private property
but also patriarchal family relations. The Bible itself was used to justify slavery and the brutal oppression
of Black people in the U.S. under a system where human beings were literally "owned" and "bought and
sold." Under slavery, Black families were torn apart with family members being sold to different
"owners." Now there is a section of the ruling classjoined by Black ministers who have found common
cause with themwhich argues that the Bible is the avenue to strengthening the Black family by
restoring Black males to their "rightful place" at the head of the Black family. Black and other oppressed
masses dont need a morality based on "males being the head of the family" and in that position
dominating over women and children.
Please Continued SLAVES MINDS from Page 9

of the office.
Our Africa leaders have demonstrated that god is not with us by not able to share, after repeatedly stolen their
peoples money to the countries were once enslaved, this makes their followers to think of looking for god
everywhere they go. What will it take to give individuals identification number during censor of the country, which
will follow everyone around in this computer age, to pay their taxes, shape the direction in which embezzlement and
corruption will be abolished and maintain security within the system we are creating? This will establish a domestic
security to monitor whoever and their people coming back for orderliness, not to express know how by asking
foreign governments to run their peoples record in a country where theyre been monitored with numbers to be
conditioned.
Buying into economy structure (capitalism) created out of exploiting us, which will be impossible for us to practice
the way the people were emulating are practicing it. The business world of introducing gambling or game show to
teach people how to elevate their desperation for money instead of industries, how creating our environment to
benefit is by looking into who we are. Politics of free trade of privatization, without developing the mind of the
future generation to produce what theyre going to privatize, where land phone should be consider as a way of
creating jobs before the circulation of cellular phones. Misplaced priorities of catching up to selling our people to
others, knowing the producers are the one controlling the existence of the consumers.
For Africans, nothing is wrong for good people in our governments to deal with other countrys government directly
that want to do right by us, industries of using our mineral resources to produce our needs in the continent. Bring in
air condition industries for mass production in relation to our Africa climate for good health, stop our women from
consuming a product made by people who put themselves in the sun to have what our women are bleaching away
from their skin, before bringing in amusement park of privatization to condition our kids to think in a certain way,
for few people that can afford it and hotels with gambling facilities to fulfill occasional concerns, which is of no
much value towards our development at present. These government created industries can then be sold to rapid the
growth of privatization, an easy and favorable transition if the general thinks capitalism is the way they want to go,
which will minimize exploiting ourselves for other peoples advantage at large. No matter how many churches or
mosques youve built to pray, god will never answer the prayer of people that do not think to share what god had
provided around them.
Repeating the same mistake of giving farmers money that are living with mentality of saving the money in foreign
countries, called off shore accounts means we are not ready. Why not provide the farmers machineries, tractors etc,
trained them how to use them to revive local skills, create jobs in the process with incentives base on producing
lower cost of food to reduce inflation and eradicate hunger.
Since politics lay foundation for every new culture, for people were emulating to monitor us in their countries,
listening to phone calls to teach freedom and were not doing the same to them in our countries of Africa to know
their mission, before they have their ships around us with their weapons made out of directing their man-power,
making their academic education valuable. They now reserve the right to use these weapons to destroy as many
images of god as they like, killing the spirit of our future generation to live in fear. It means we are not using our
minds the way we have been trained.
Africa leaders should open their eyes to look beyond the immediate and see what is happening around the world.
Breeding generations that justify and ignored how others and our kind think of us in these environments to be
comfortable, for controllable destiny is not going to get us out of it. It is time to have analyst or investigators to go to
these countries our youths are running to, not to go to enjoy themselves as a way to measure the value of life to
dance and sing their way to freedom, but to seek why we have thousands of single male and female who cannot
relate to one another and painfully go back home to pick husbands and wives. Why our women turned their sponsors
(their men) into enemy upon been trained or retrained as nurse, with kids between them because of equality of
special treatment to family dislocation, contrary to our customs to be managed by others.
Since most of us believe that the word we speak is god, reasonably we can deduce that our mind is our god because
the mind created the word. Further more at initial formation of word in all languages, gesture turn to sound and
continue interpretation of the sounds create language. This can be seen in little kids trying to learn the language they
were born in to the creation of culture they will live with as they grow.
To leave your language and get glue to others languages means youve voluntarily or by design left your god. A
way to educate people on how to speak, read and write what you want them to know, leaving how to do what theyre
taught as the root of brain draining them to the teachers choice. Now we breed generations that continue to claim
superiority on others languages, which stop them from seeing reasonable idea to work on and with each other.
Even-though we were told that one of our languages (Yoruba) which is one of the few write able languages in
Africa, to be the fastest dying language in the world. Its like living with the concept of using the money of a people
to rebuild what theyve destroyed in your environment, as a way of making statement, not knowing their intention is
to spread their currency for destroying it in the first place.
You now have lots of administrators with not much to produce, but good at organizing social affairs and good at
going to apply for job to be told what to do, for a lifestyle of going around the world for greener pasture. To be
Africa born is for majority of us not to have time to see how our kind, with the thought and feeling good at
expressing having so many different bloods in them, a determining factor of how they and other race think about us
in these countries we run to for a culture of no choice. Education for an easy way of disseminating information to
shape mind to castrate customs is now lived with. A society where women preserved themselves knowing their men
lives for them and their children for a family, now producing women that have children with many men to express
freedom and men who live a carefree lifestyle running away from their responsibilities. Its out of confusion of not
taking time to understand one another, but welcome or go to join in participating in a culture of good body with no
mind. Shaped minds where foundation is turned to pillar, now you have two pillars standing on sandy soil ready to
wage battle with never going away storms. A modern way of applying Willie Lynch theory, using women both
domestically and internationally as instrument of immorality, to be managed by men of the other race as our only
way to freedom. Im yet to see any society that does not respect her within their custom or culture as the giver of
life.
At least Europeans realize that god did not make mistake by giving us (human beings) the ability to create words, by
not using others language to unite. Economically to their advantage as to be what they want and not what others
want them to be. Since there are few countries, if any on the face of the earth without dialects, some people must
have realize learning about each others in their languages like China, will open what we have ignored about
knowing ourselves better and help the countrys economically, also to focus on domestic affairs. May be we can then
bring up future leaders who will see that there must be a reason why everywhere we go, Africa languages are mainly
excluded in their institutions for our continue displacement to be managed. Lets hope South Africa that is using
some of their languages will make the most populated black nation (Nigeria) see what theyve chosen to ignore, for
never ending relationship with the masters.
Getting glue to the two religions used to enslave us, will never enable us to see the philosophy behind their
intentions, but continue to swim in the never-ending ocean of following the masters. It will be very difficult for you
to know how close to god youre, if youre made to believe that you have to travel once in your life time to another
country, before your prayer can be answer by god or know god. This is a country where the people cannot stand by
their brothers and sisters in the name of protecting themselves, these are people that hit black men with their cars in
their countries, they call you Satan and keep on going, but clean their country once a year to wait for black peoples
money to know their god. A trade agreement with people who makes the plane that transports us for this pilgrimage,
while we take up the word (Alhaji) a way of welcoming visitors, which means stranger, to be a title worthy to live
with in the spirit of being holy among ourselves. Nigerian, where is the mind of our leaders when the followers cant
see clearly where theyre going, but believe every road will take them there?
On the Christians side, most black pastors living with this religion all over the world especially Africa, did not know
the name of the ship that was once used to transport them around the world as slaves was called the good ship
Jesus. The concept that generates building weapons to stay in control, by taking the war to others before others
brings the war to them. To condemn our religion for others religion is nothing but shaped minds that refuse to seek
the truth in what belong to us. What is the truth? A way of using the word about human nature to bring out good
spirit inside of us to good, for traditional religion priest to psychologically change the angry peoples mind coming
before them, instead of giving them poison to kill the other theyre angry with. This same people now run to
(Fathers) a human being like them in catholic churches, to confess and ask for forgiveness of their sins. Whatever
any religion teaches, its what theyve lived and will live again, but if we dont take time to know that our religion
did not teach Armageddon and Sodom and Gomorrah, we shall forever live with whatever is thrown at us. What a
confused world of 78 years of age Nigerian distributing pamphlets of how god created us in his image, in a country
that supported another country to continue destroying many images of god in other countries as their destiny. Now
the only way we can be civil (to be at peace) is for everyone to become a pastor, a way to exploit one another the
way we were exploited through religion. How can you say god bless a people, who are not aware or dont know how
to use the blessings of god around for one another. You dont need to wonder why we have so many churches in
Nigeria with so many problems.
Education is a very important part of development, but what kind of education to the solution of each countrys
problem is the question. We can agree that academic education is a designed process to bring people out of
ignorance for developmental purposes, which the base should be language to bring about oneness for shared
creativeness. It has been demonstrated that people who do not pure the mass of matter in their language or languages
academically, which means the existence of god in them had been reduced to what others want them to be, always
wait for the people theyre using their language to create new words, interpret it in the process of inventing new
things before they can learn or be able to use anything new. Let there be light in the bible as to express the existence
of god in them can and will only be possible when others come, because most thing to make it possible can be
denied by people collaborating to make them remain subservient. An easy way to build some peoples ego to make
hasty conclusions most of the time, postponing what they should do today where PhDs degree holders now continue
to look for jobs to work for Bsc degree holders or college drop out in foreign lands, unable to use the position to
effect positive change for their people. Considered educated people who were made to believe that Chinese products
are inferior, while the people were running to consume these Chinese products more than them. The question is
how can people trained to fulfill occasional concern have time to be logical to see what theyre getting into clearly?
If our considered intellectuals in Africa can take time to know how many of the founders of these societies that we
are using their languages, have academic qualification and how many words had been created in the pass 40 years
by the people using their languages, they can easily come into conclusion that people who are not doing the same
have left their god long time ago. May be the future generation of intellectuals will then be able to see what the
present considered intellectuals are not seeing, to stop breeding generations with no spirit of staying in their
countries, where the youth kill themselves from shame of being deported from countries designed to use them for
their countrys growth. We now have generations who cant see how others are brain draining them, as long as they
are comfortable with the environment created for them in these foreign countries, either to be retrained or
individuals finding their ways to be domesticated for others national growth. An easy way to breed agent of divide
and conquer, wrapped up in being taught how to think and not to be thinkers. Assimilating every other people
silliness instead of seeing their weaknesses, while importing others unhappiness to be civilized. Now every
considered educated people in these foreign countries talk about how doomed their country had become, because of
their failed investment but many of the people inside the air planes going to do business in their country are people
were running to. Not to have something to die for but ready to live with whatever is thrown at you, classifies you a
slave.
Looking around the world, you will see that what distinguished slaves and masters is, slaves were trained how to
speak, read and write academically in others languages to be managed, while the masters uses their languages
academically to create their environment to manage whoever that come to them and themselves. What kind of
education are we acquiring, if 120 million populations of people with leaders that do not consider god as sharing
what we have, an education that teaches individually born people to go and learn how to attach importance to
individuality. It will then be difficult to think together to evaluate our currency for a direct banking system with the
countries that are producing most of our domestic consumption, also to measure our direct trade relationships with
others. A valuable educational system will be born and not turn the whole continent to being treated like kids, whose
parents pay for whatever they buy from others everyday. It is time to start putting our leaders best and worst
achievement in the history books before other countrys story to educate the future generation, as their contribution
to the society when theyre in or out Please Continued SLAVES MINDS Page 16
Amadou Fall of NBA-Africa says

commitment is to raise grassroots
potential Amadou Gallo Fall, the Executive Director, National Basketball Association NBA-Africa said he took
to basketball by accident but wishes to prepare African potential players for the sport.
I wish to reverse the story for the upcoming African potential players interested in the sport, Fall told a news
conference in Lagos on Monday.
According to him, since knowing that there are many benefits from the sport, he is now determined to change the
story for many of the African youths, who can profit like him from the sport.
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I and many of my colleagues from different parts of Africa do not want the story to continue that way.
We want many of the youth, particularly those of 7 feet and above, to be better prepared for the sport, said Fall,
who is managing the NBA office in Johannesburg.
Our findings from playing in the NBA and college basketball in the U.S. have shown that the sport can unlock
many opportunities for even those who could wish to take other calling in life.
He explained that they set up the Johannesburg office in collaboration with the NBA to create platforms for the
spread of the message of basketball in the continent.
We are committed to creating opportunities for the development of the game at the grassroots, then eventually
spread our dragnets for the development of talents for the NBA in the U.S.
Since the platform also seeks to encourage the combining of sports and education, it then means that those unable
to make the NBA could divert their talents to other areas of human endeavors.
He said apart from South Africa that is hosting the office, they needed countries like Nigeria, Senegal, Angola and
Kenya, where they could develop strong roots to achieve their objective.
The executive director said as part of an upcoming commitment, they intend to host Africas best against the world
renown stars to be known as the Global team on Aug. 1 at the Ellis Park in South Africa.
Fall, from Senegal, is also founder of SEEDS Academy (Sports for Education and Economic Development) in
Senegal.
He said that in the late 1980s, he was serendipitously discovered by a member of the Peace Corps, leading to a
basketball scholarship in the U. S.
After graduating from the University of the District of Columbia with a B.S. in Biology, Fall went on to work for the
Senegalese Basketball Federation.
There, he engaged in mentoring players and providing assistance to bring them to the U. S. to further their
education.
Fall is now Vice President of Development for the NBA in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he leads the NBAs
efforts to develop and promote basketball in Africa.
He was invited to Nigeria by Dan Ngerem, the current chairman of the Dodan Warriors Basketball of Lagos.
-Ngerem, also a Lagos-based sports marketing consultant, said they were still discussing in order to explore how
best to leverage a relationship with NBA-Africa.
We have a population in excess of 170 million people, with youths accounting for upward 60 per cent of the
population. We need to think and plan for them to avoid human catastrophe in future, he said.
Sam Ahmedu, the President of Zone 3, Basketball, in response to a reporters question about his relationship with
the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), said they had good official relationship.
We are not quarreling, but we do not have to agree on all issues.
I was with Tijani Umar, the president of NBBF in Cote d Ivoire recently and we ate from the same plate, he said.
Amadou Fall
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STRASBOURG (Reuters) -
Tsipras pledges
reform to
European
parliament
Alexis Tsipras strode in to a Greek hero's welcome in the European Parliament on , from allies on the left but
also from far-right nationalists who hope Greece is about to start breaking up the euro, and the EU.
The young prime minister, looking relaxed after EU leaders handed him a deadline to secure a bailout deal, pledged
to deliver sweeping reforms of an economy crippled not just by recent, creditor-imposed austerity but by decades of
corruption and political connivance with powerful vested interests.
He also had to sit through angry lectures from lawmakers in Strasbourg who accused him of failing to make good on
promises of change, of misleading voters who backed him in a referendum rejecting credit terms and of disregarding
poor fellow Europeans whose taxes have gone toward lending Greece billions already.
"Let me assure the house that, quite apart from the crisis, we will continue with our reform undertakings," Tsipras
said.
After flying in from a late-night summit in Brussels, he was mobbed by leftist allies as he entered the chamber and
greeted by British and other Eurosceptics on the right holding up signs reading "OXI", in Greek, or "NO" -- Tsipras's
campaign slogan in last week's referendum on the previous EU bailout offer.
"We demand an agreement with our neighbors," he said, declaring the vote on Sunday gave him a mandate for the
request.
"But one which gives us a sign that we are on a long-lasting basis exiting from the crisis, which will demonstrate
there's light at the end of the tunnel."
He spoke after European Council President Donald Tusk told parliament: "The stark reality is that we have only four
days left to find an ultimate agreement."
Tsipras gave no detail on what legislation he would propose this week to meet conditions from international lenders,
though he said Greece needed to reform state finances and labor laws.
Defending a lack of action from his government since it was elected in January with a mandate to ease austerity, he
said: "We have spent more time negotiating than we did governing."
VESTED INTERESTS
But the centrist leader in parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, won applause of his own when he said: "I am angry because
you are talking about reforms but we never see concrete proposals."
Tsipras appeared to be jotting notes as Verhofstadt, once prime minister of Belgium, ran down a list of suggestions
that included privatizing banks and ending Greece's special treatment for shipping magnates, the military and the
Orthodox Church. Warning that Greece was "sleepwalking" into losing the euro that the vast majority of its people
want to keep, he said: "Show you are a real leader and not a false prophet."
Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party, said, however, that the Greek crisis simply confirmed a terminal split -a new "Berlin Wall" -- between the economies of northern and southern Europe that made the euro and the European
Union unworkable.
"The European project is actually beginning to die," Farage said, addressing Tsipras, who showed no emotion.
"Frankly, if youve got the courage, you should lead the Greek people out of the euro zone with your head held
high."
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen agreed, prompting one of Tsipras's Syriza allies to tell far-right parties
to stop using the troubles of pro-European Greeks for their own ends.
Winding up for himself after more than three hours of argument, Tsipras appealed across the partisan divides, noting
he had backing from his own opponents in Athens to keep Greece in the euro. "We have ideological differences, we
are divided on issues," he said. "But this is a crucial time to join forces."
And in the spirit of a debate peppered with talk of ancient Greek democracy, he cited Sophocles in asking for
indulgence for Athens: "He taught us," he said, "That there are times when the greatest law of all human laws is
justice for the human being."

(Additional reporting by Susanna Twidale in Strasbourg and Robert-Jan Bartunek, Foo Yun Chee anlastair Macdonald in Brussels; Writing by
Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Giles Elgood)
U.S. approves Carnival cruises to Cuba

The U.S. has authorized the first cruise service to Cuba in half a century.
ing down a $600 deposit. The trips will have a starting cost of $2,990 per person plus taxes and port fees,U.S.
Treasury and Commerce departments approved the company's plan to offer cruise ship travel to Cuba.
Beginning May 2016, Carnival will ferry travelers to Cuba aboard the "fathom" brand of cruises, which aims to
provide "purpose-oriented, social impact experiences." This fits one of the Obama administration's 12 approved
categories for U.S. travelers going to Cuba, which is people-to-people exchanges.
Leisure travel to Cuba is still banned under the U.S.-Cuba embargo.
The cruises will depart bi-weekly out of Miami, following the inauguration of the "fathom" brand in April 2016 with
travel to the Dominican Republic. Although itineraries for the Cuba voyages have yet to be released pending
approval from Cuban government, U.S. travelers can secure a place on the cruises today by puttinclude all activities
aboard the ship and some in Cuba.
Carnival's announcement accompanies tour giant Apple Vacations' decision to begin offering people-to-people tours
in Cuba. However, Carnival Corporation representatives argue that the company's voyages will be unique.
Lagos gets $200m World

Bank credit
Lagos State secured $200 million World Bank credit to support a range of reforms on fiscal sustainability, budget
planning, budget execution, and the investment climate in the state.
The credit is expected to help sustain the states recent economic growth and poverty reduction index, while
continuing to deliver social services to the citys expanding population.
A statement by Senior Communications Specialist, World Bank, Nigeria, Obadiah Tohomdet, said the fund from the
International Development Association, IDA, which supports the Third Lagos State Development Policy Operation,
is the last of a series of two development policy operations to improve public finances and the investment climate in
a fiscally sustainable manner.
Lagos State government was said to have, in the past decade, achieved significant economic growth, improved its
infrastructure and services, significantly reduced crime, and brought millions of people out of poverty.
World Bank Task Team Leader for the Project, Jariya Hoffman, said: The operation is focused on furthering
improvements in the transparency of the budget system, effectiveness of public expenditures, and the business
climate will help sustain the pace of economic growth and thus the states positive momentum towards income
equality and the delivery of public services.
With enhanced budget transparency and efficiency, adequate funding can be shifted to programmers to benefit the
states booming population, especially the poorest families.
According to him, the operation will enhance the state governments fiscal sustainability by anchoring the budget in
a framework that accounts for key fiscal risks and improves revenue collection.
Also, he explained that the project would support adopting a new approach to budget planning and preparation and
ensure adequate allocation of budgetary resources to social services such as education and health.
In addition to budgetary improvements, the project is equally expected to support a reduction in the cost of land
transactions and development and introduction of an electronic web-based system for processing of planning permits
that will help to improve the business climate and attract new investments.
Also commenting on the credit, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, said: This
operation is designed to assist Lagos State in its quest to continue its recent success in spite of the challenges
brought on by rapid economic and population growth.
As an urban agglomeration that has reduced income inequality during double digit economic growth, Lagos is an
example of inclusive growth in Nigeria.
If the Lagos experience is sustained, there is strong potential for this type of inclusive growth to spread to other
parts of Nigeria.
The World Banks IDA was established in 1960 to help the worlds poorest countries by providing grants and low to
zero-interest loans for projects and programmers that boost economic growth, reduce poverty and improve poor
peoples lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the worlds 77 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Resources from IDA bring positive change for 2.8 billion people, the majority of whom live on less than $2 a day.
Since 1960, IDA has supported development work in 112 countries. Annual commitments have averaged about $18
billion over the last three years, with about 50 percent going to Africa.
Executive Gov.Lagos State Ambode
Buhari, APC must

succeed, says Saraki
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has reiterated the commitment of the 8th Senate to the success
of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in its efforts to
change the situation of things in Nigeria for the better.
Saraki spoke in Abuja when the State Chairmen of the APC from the country visited him in Abuja.
The Senate President stated that the Senate would not disappoint Nigerians neither would the APC senators abandon
the party on whose platform they made promises of development, security and improved standard of living to the
people.
Saraki said: Finally I want to use this opportunity to assure you of our cooperation with the Executive arm led by
our President, President Muhammadu Buhari, with the party and its members across the country.
I want to reassure you that all of us, APC Senators, we are committed to ensuring that the APC is successful so that
we can continue to win elections for many years after because of the foundation we are laying.
He commended the party chairmen and Nigerians for their efforts and sacrifices that led to the victory of the APC in
the last general elections.
He said: It is now our responsibility to pay back so that you can sit back and say that our efforts were not in vain
and that those we elected made this party proud and made this country great.
He added: I can assure you that we are committed to do that because you have all suffered to get us to this point
and we must show the difference, the positive difference between APC government led by President Muhammadu
Buhari and others before it. We have no choice. There is no alternative. President Muhammadu Buhari must succeed
and Insha Allah, he will succeed.
Earlier, the Chairman of the State Chairmen of APC in Nigeria, Umar Haruna Doguwa from Kano State said the
group was in the Senate to congratulate the Senate President and all APC Senators in the Upper Chamber for their
victory during the 2015 general elections and the leadership for their selection by their colleagues to the number one
legislative institution in the country.
He urged the Senate President to use his good offices to ensure the success of the reconciliation already kick started
by President Buhari, the Governors and the APC national executive committee.
He urged the Senate President not to fail in fulfilling his promise that the Eight Senate will deploy all legislative
powers at his disposal to supporting the programmes, policies and projects that the Buhari administration may put in
place to bring about improvement in the lives of Nigerians.
Some of the APC State Chairmen that visited the Senate President included those from Kano, Rivers, Enugu, Delta,
Yobe, Plateau, Bauchi, Anambra, Zamfara, Niger and Abia.
Others are Abia, Nasarawa, Imo, Katsina, Kogi, Sokoto, Kebbi, Cross River, Bayelsa, Gombe, FCT, Kwara, Taraba,
Adamawa, Akwa Ibom and the United States of America (USA) branch.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and President Muhammadu Buhari at the APC NEC Meeting.
Buhari approves N400bn for

workers salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief package valued at over
N400bn to put an end to the lingering crisis of unpaid workers salaries in the country.
Vanguard gathered that a three-pronged relief package that will end the workers plight include:
*The sharing of about $2.1b (N413.7bn) in fresh allocation between the states and the federal government. The
money is sourced from recent LNG proceeds to the federation account, and its release okayed by the president;
*A Central Bank-packaged special intervention fund that will offer financing to the states, ranging from between
N250bn to N300bn. This would be a soft loan available to states to access for the purposes of paying backlog of
salaries;
* And arelief program proposed by the Debt Management Office, DMO, which will help states restructure their
commercial loans currently put at over N660bn, and extend the life span of such loans while reducing their debtservicing expenditures.
Fashek resurrects in The

Grave Dust
Reggae legend, Majek Fashek who has been off the scene for some years now, resulting
from his addiction to drugs and alcohol has bounced back, producing the sound track of an
upcoming movie, The Grave Dust.
The iconic musician, now looking stable and agile is gradually getting his groove back. He said,
he worked with the producer, Obi Madubogwu on a movie set some years back which informed
his decision to ask him to do the sound track for the movie. The big-budget movie is due to
premiere on the 29th of this month.
Starring the likes of Joseph Benjamin, Ramsey Nouah, Amaka Chukwujekwu, Joke Silva, Emeka
Okoro, Emma Edokpai among others, the movie is an intriguing story of love, and intimacy, full
of suspense, action, denial and fulfillment.
Obi, who also featured in the film described it as a very strong film, adding that its his first bold
step to producing a cinema film. Joseph Benjamin believes that every film comes with its own
challenges.
Starring in the film, the Kogi State born actor said, he steps up his game, ensuring that he
interpreted his role excellently. The film directed by Ikechukwu Onyeka centers on Johnson, a
young handsome stockbroker who hangs his life, love and hope on a young hard working
woman, Clara.
Hungary: a grim way station for

asylum seekers
BICSKE, (IRIN)
In recent months, Hungary has become a gateway to the European Union for tens of thousands of migrants
and asylum seekers who have already journeyed through Turkey, Greece and the Balkans in search of
international protection and a better life. But Hungarian authorities are doing their utmost to close off this
increasingly well-trodden route.
On Monday, Hungarian MPs passed new legislation to clear the way for fast-track deportations of economic
migrants and construction of a 110-mile fence along Hungarys border with Serbia - the main entry point for
undocumented migrants and asylum seekers.
The government also amended legislation classifying anyone who enters the country via safe third countries,
including Serbia, as economic migrants who can be returned, without the need to examine their asylum claim.
Critics point out that Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis now make up over three quarters of arrivals to Hungary and that
returning them to a country like Serbia which lacks a functioning asylum system is a violation of Hungarys
obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Amendments to Hungarys Asylum Act passed on Monday also reiterated that asylum seekers can be detained
during a fast-tracked process while even those staying in open centers can have their procedures terminated if they
leave for more than 48 hours. The new laws could be promulgated by mid-August.
Mrta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told IRIN the new legislation fails to address
overcrowding at asylum centers and will result in fewer safeguards for asylum seekers.
A report documenting treatment of refugees and migrants in Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, released by Amnesty
International, explains that those who claim asylum after crossing into Hungary are routinely detained in
overcrowded and sometimes degrading conditions while their identify is established and their fingerprints taken.
While the majority of asylum-seekers are later released to open reception centres, those considered at risk of
absconding - at times, up to 40 percent of single males - may be detained in asylum detention centers, adds the
report.
Pardavi commented that the system had become so overloaded that some facilities were operating at 200 percent
capacity. The system is incapable of taking care of individual vulnerabilities, special needs and so forth, she said.
We hear stories of adult siblings or families being separated, or single women being exposed to all sorts of
harassment.
New arrivals at the Debrecen centre for asylum seekers in Hungary have to sleep outside because of overcrowding.
BUGESERA, Rwanda,
How fragile is
Burundi's peace?
The number of Burundians who have fled abroad to escape pre-election violence has
swollen to more than 12,000 in less than a month, and they are taking with them allegations
of murder, torture and intimidation by ruling party thugs.
A 13-year civil war between 1993 and 2005 claimed an estimated 300,000 lives. International alarm bells are
ringing, amid fears that the fragile peace could unravel over President Pierre Nkurunzizas presumed bid for a third
term, which many see as unconstitutional.
The UN Security Council has warned that the June 26 elections could spur violence and undermine the peace
sustained for almost a decade. The US State Department urged all parties to refrain from hate speech, violence, or
other provocations, that could feed the climate of fear and instability.
But this climate of fear and instability has already caused many to flee: 9,521 to Rwanda and 2,740 to the
Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the latest count by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
IRIN spoke to several refugees after they entered Rwanda. Many said they had fled for fear of the Imbonerakure, the
youth wing of the presidents party, widely described as a militia and a law unto itself.
Dieudonne, a 36-year-old mechanic, said his family members had been targeted because they were known
supporters of Hussein Radjabu, a political rival of the presidents who was sprung from jail in March.
Since March this year, arms have been distributed to members of Imbonerakure in our village in Kirundo
province, Dieudonne said. Those (Imbonerakure) who knew my family as Radjabu sympathizers visited us on
March 12 and threatened us.
Dieudonne said the militiamen claimed to have killed before and threatened to kill them if they didnt support
Nkurunziza. He decided not to hang around and took his family to Rwanda for safety.
The biggest problem is that guns are distributed to civilians who can do anything for simple inducements, he said.
Burundi is at a crossroads because some people are determined to defend the constitution yet the president is also
determined to extend his rule. Innocent people will die.
The government denies arming the Imbonerakure.
What chance of free and fair elections?
Sixty-five people who took part in a demonstration last week to protest against Nkurunzizas plans to run for a third
term have been charged with insurrection. If convicted, they face up to 10 years in jail.
In its latest report on Burundi, the International Crisis Group warned that it is increasingly unlikely that the local,
parliamentary and presidential elections will be free and fair.
A return to violence would not only end the peace that was gradually restored after the 2000 Arusha [Peace and
Reconciliation] Accord, but would also have destabilizing regional implications and would mark a new failure in
peace building policies, the report warned.
The governor of Burundis northern Kirundo province, Rvrien Nzigamasabo, attributed the exodus to political
motives and implied many were only going because UNHCR vehicles were parked on the border to ferry the
refugees with well-prepared rations to feed them.
The refugees, however, told a different story.
On February 20, strange people came to my house, said Didier. Fortunately, I was not in. But they took my
brother, whom they accused of campaigning for other political parties, instead of working for the ruling party.
The 34-year-old farmer said they were later told that his brother had been shot dead while attempting a robbery.
We have looked for his body in all police stations, without luck. The Imbonerakure have also warned my family
several times that they will kill us because we are Tutsis, he said.
Imbonerakure have committed serious crimes against innocent civilians. They should be brought to justice. But
how will they be held accountable by the same people who send them to commit crimes?
Augustin, a 40-year-old shop assistant who had sought refuge in Rwanda with his wife and three children, said his
father had been killed simply for belonging to a rival political party.
I am tired and want peace. Imbonerakure came to my neighbor's house and told him, while everybody was
listening, that they would kill his son for supporting Nkurunzizas opponents.
President is 'obstacle' to truth and justice
Charlottes husband disappeared after being arrested in connection with a mysterious five-day border battle over
new year in Cibitoke province that left around 100 people dead.
My husband was accused of working with the rebels and was taken to unknown destination. I tried to follow his
case but I was warned by Imbonerakure to drop the matter for my lifes sake, the 26-year-old teacher told sources
A young man carries a child next to the registration centre for Burundian refugees in Bugesera
Mothers line up to register their children at the centre for Burundian refugees at Bugesera
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
Christian Woman Forced to Strip Naked for 'Immoral
Dress' Will Be Imprisoned If She Can't Pay Fine

Levied by Sudanese Court
A Sudanese court has ruled that a young Christian woman must pay a fine or serve a one month jail sentence
after she and 11 other girls were accused of violating Shariah law by wearing trousers and skirts while
walking home from a church function in the nation's capital of Khartoum.
According to Sudan Tribune, only one of the 12 Christian girls who were arrested on their way home from a church
service at El Izba Baptist Church in Khartoum on June 25 was ordered to pay a fine of 500 Sudan pounds, which is
the equivalent to about $83. The judged stated that if she was unable to pay the fine she would be imprisoned for one
month.
As previously reported, the women were stopped by police on their way home, arrested and taken to the local police
station where two of them were freed without charge, while the other 10 were forced by officers to strip out of their
clothes. The officers claimed they needed the women to strip so that they could inspect the clothes to determine if
they were in violation with the law, an explanation that many believe is "hypocritical."
The 10 young women and girls, three of whom are reportedly younger than 18, were charged as adults for
committing "indecent and immoral acts."
The judge's guilty ruling in the case of the first defendant came quickly after he asked the first defense witness,
pastor Felmon Hassan of El Izba Baptist, whether or not the girls' dress showed off their arms.
Hassan argued that the clothes the girls were wearing that day are not considered immoral dress in the Christian
culture. The second defense witness, Zaineb Badr el-Din, told the court that the clothes the girls were wearing are
even considered normal dress in Khartoum. The third defense witness, Hala Abdallah, said the women's clothes were
not objectionable at all.
Leading up to the trial advocates for the women asserted that Sudan's dress code is very vague and needs to be better
defined. Additionally, many human rights groups have stated that Sudan's immoral dress law is only applied
arbitrarily.
"In fact, the attorneys who represented them said that there is a broad scope to define what constitutes indecent or
immoral dress, and basically it is whatever Khartoum wants it to be at the moment," Faith McDonnell, director of
religious liberty programs at the U.S.-based Institute on Religion & Democracy, told The Christian Post.
Although Sudan's constitution states that Shariah-based laws, like the immoral dress law, are not supposed to be
enforced on Christians, the judge found enough evidence to convict the defendant.
"But as Christians, they are supposed to, under the constitution, have a right to dress the way they want and not
according to Shariah," McDonnell explained. "Shariah is not supposed to apply to the Christians, but more and more
it is being used against them. Some were wearing skirts, so I don't know what they consider immoral."
The fine levied on the Christian woman for immoral dress is not the only judicial grievance Sudanese Christians
have had in the last week.
Last Thursday, a court in Khartoum ruled that there is enough evidence to charge two South Sudanese Presbyterian
pastors with espionage and six other charges that could potentially land the men on death row if their lawyer is
unable to prove their innocence. Supporters of the pastors have labeled the charges "trumped-up" and have called for
the pastors' immediate release.
McDonnell added that she thinks the arrest of the 12 women, along with the imprisonment and serious espionage
charges against the two pastors, is part of a larger effort by the Sudanese government to force Christians to leave the
country.
"People need to know that these issues are taking place. And ever since the split of the country, the Islamic Republic
of Sudan government under [President Omar] al-Bashir promised that they were going to get rid of Christianity in
Sudan; that there was no place for it, that it was going to be a Shariah state," McDonnell said. "So, little by little,
they have been doing these things and sometimes not even little by little, in big ways.
"The more they do [ this, and see that] there is not any kind of backlash from the world community and from
Christians around the world or from the U.S. government, then the more they think that they can get away with this,"
she added.
South Sudanese Christians living in the North gather to attend Christmas day celebrations at a Catholic church in the
Umbada locality of Omdurman, December 25, 2013.
Boko Haram wants to
exchange Nigerian schoolgirls

for jailed militants
Nigeria's Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, has proposed the exchange of kidnapped schoolgirls for jailed
militant leaders as part of a deal, according to information obtained by The Associated Press.
A human rights activist told the AP extremists are willing to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped
from a boarding school in Chibok.
If Boko Haram opts for negotiation, the government will not be averse to it, said Nigerian presidential adviser
Femi Adesina in a public statement issued last weekend. Government will, however, not be negotiating from a
position of weakness, but that of the AP noted that Boko Haram, who has now killed more than 13,000 people in six
years, made a similar deal to the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan last year but it fell through.
strength.The Nigerian extremist group, which is fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state,
has killed about 350 people in the past nine days.
Is negotiating with terrorists really the best option?
According to a Foreign Affairs academic article, there are several factors to consider.
Author Peter R. Neumann argues its essential to distinguish between groups with apocalyptic goals (often
religiously inspired) for whom violence is a perverted form of self-realization and more traditional terrorists who
arebelieved to be more political in aspirations, and as a result can be constructive interlocutors.
According to the BBC, Boko Haram promotes a version of Islam which prohibits Muslims from participating in
any political or social activity associated with Western society.Vox explains that Boko Haram condemns
democracy as religiously forbidden.
Neumann argues it is also crucial to assess the level of internal cohesion and subsequent ability of leadership to
execute commands.
But the Foreign Affairs article acknowledges these characterizations can be difficult to gauge.
It may also be important to consider the Nigerian Army has suffered defeats at the hands of Boko Haram in the
northeast of the country and even deserted several bases, according to the BBC.
The Guardian predicts a likely outcome would result in government negotiations that will see the girls
released in installments.
Countries around the world differ in how they handle negotiations with terrorists.The US typically employs a strict
no-ransom policy, which forbids trading prisoners for hostages or paying ransom.
Last year, Diane Foley mother of James Foley, an American journalist killed by ISIS told The Times, The
F.B.I. didnt help us much lets face it [] It was horrible and continues to be horrible. You are between a
rock and a hard place.
The New York Times reported the government told the Foleys it was a crime for private citizens to pay off terrorists,
though a policy change in late June means that the government will no longer prosecute families who make ransom
payments to foreign groups.
The Times noted other European countries, not including Britain, were often quick to negotiate the release of their
citizens in exchange for cash.
In a 2014 investigation, they found Al Qaeda and its direct affiliates havetaken in at least $125 million in revenue
from kidnappings since 2008 with 47 percent paid by France.
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Back-to-back Russia-hosted summits put Putin in
coveted starring role
Moscow
Images of a Putin alongside leaders of other large countries, signing economic deals, will reinforce
Russia's argument that it doesn't need the West. It's a seductive view, but a superficial one, say
analysts.
Over the next few days Vladimir Putin will bask in the spotlight of big power summitry, as he hosts leaders of the
BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, a demonstration that Russia is neither bowed nor isolated
by Western sanctions and opprobrium over his policies in Ukraine.
For Mr. Putin, the successive summits in the Urals city of Ufa represent the Super Bowl of his more than year-long
diplomatic efforts to demonstrate that point. The Russian media is full of stories about the weight and importance of
these two groups the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] account for 25 percent of global GDP
and 40 percent of population delivering the message that, far from being sidelined by Western pressure, Russia is
emerging as a leader, alongside China, of a parallel world structure that has no need for Western approval.
t's a seductive view, and the images of a smiling Putin standing alongside leaders of other large countries this week,
and signing major economic deals, will provide strong reinforcement for it. But, analysts caution, it is also a
superficial view.
"In terms of rhetoric, Russia will use all the tools to show that it is far from isolated, that it has
glowing perspectives in an alternative global project, and that the G8 is yesterday's news," says
Alexander Gabuyev, an expert with the Moscow Carnegie Center. "But the reality is far more
complicated. Nobody sees these summits as a serious alternative" to good relations with the West, he
says.
Most BRICS economies slowing
The BRICS, the brainchild of a Goldman Sachs analyst about a dozen years ago, has surprised many by becoming a
real-life going concern,with its own annual summits and working committees. This year it is launching its own $100
billion development bank that proponents believe might one day compete with the International Monetary Fund and
World Bank. Yet the first, obvious test for the new bank could it help struggling Greece? has been given a cool,
silent reception at the Ufa summit.
"If the Germans with all their tools couldn't solve the Greece problem, the BRICS definitely won't want to be
dragged into that swamp," says Mr. Gabuyev.
Despite being regarded as rising stars in the global economy, most of the BRICS economies are slowing and some,
like Russia, are already in recession. Experts say they are very different countries, with few potential synergies
between them with the exception of Russia and China andthey all trade far more with the West than they do with
each other. Nevertheless, they all share a certain level of disaffection with Western-run global institutions, and may
be expected to give Putin the appearance of political solidarity that he craves.
"The BRICS holds a certain ideological attraction for Russia, as a counterbalance to the West. But it's a very
improbable association of countries that are very far away and have little in common," says Sergei Oznobishchev,
director of the independent Institute of Strategic Assessments in Moscow. "Moreover, they are not attractive models
for Russia. I don't know of a single member of the Russian elite who buysproperty, banks, or sends their children to
school in any of those countries. Everyone wants to vacation and live in Europe, even if they like to scold the
Europeans."
Following the BRICS summit, Putin then greets some of the same heads for the annual summit of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organizations (SCO) Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan which is
expected to grow this year by inducting new members India and Pakistan.
Russia-China partnership
The SCO was born in 2001 as a forum to manage Russian-Chinese competition in central Asia, and has grown in
importance and clout. As the only major global organization that neither the US nor any of its allies belongs to, it has
oftenemployedMoscow and Beijing to oppose the spread of US influence in the region. With NATO winding down
its operations in Afghanistan, leaders of the SCO have been mulling the creation of a stronger security alliance to
counter the expected spread of Islamist extremism in the region. And with India and Pakistan joining this year, the
organization appears to be moving toward a wider Eurasian focus.
Yet experts say the engine at the heart of both groups is the burgeoning Russia-China partnership. Russia is trying to
build its Eurasian Economic Union in former Soviet territory, while China is expanding its Silk Roads project of
investment and infrastructure development into the same regions.
"Chinese investment in Russia grew two-and-a-half-times last year, and this is largely the result of the Ukrainian
crisis" and Putin's demonstrative pivot to the east, says Gabuyev. "Something is definitely happening there,though
not as much or as fast as Putin would like."
Britain slashes spending by 12bn in new

austerity drive
Britain will cut spending on welfare by 12 billion ($18.5 billion, 17 billion Euros) in a fresh
austerity drive, finance minister George Osborne announced Wednesday as he delivered
the governments post-election budget.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne told parliament that the Conservative government had found savings of 12
billion from welfare as part of wider cuts totaling 37 billion that will come in part from clawing back tax evasion
and by reducing departmental budgets over the next five years.
Britains Prime Minister David Cameron
NFF hires foreign coach to

assist Oliseh
The first time the Nigeria Football Federation contacted Sunday Oliseh for Eagles job, the former national
team captain declined on one condition: He was to assist a yet to be employed foreign coach. This was shortly
after NFF announced they were parting ways with Keshi when Sudan beat Eagles, one of the defeats that
contributed to Nigerias failure to qualify for the last Nations Cup.
Oliseh politely turned down the offer even before external forces imposed Keshi on the federation. Oliseh felt his
pedigree would earn him the top job and not to assist anybody. He wanted to be in charge and take full
responsibility. The Pinnick Amaju-led federation respected his position and left him out and succumbed to the
pressure to re-engage Keshi.
And now that they have, again, parted ways with Keshi, the federation has, again engaged a foreign coach to coach
the Super Eagles. But the foreign coach, a Dutch, will be under Oliseh who assumes the office of Chief Coach or
Technical Adviser.
The deal has already been sealed and Oliseh and his assistant will be unveiled in Abuja next week. The contracts
were signed in London .
You can even report that Jay Jay Okocha is the next Eagles coach, Amaju Pinnick jokingly said when we contacted
him for confirmation .
He would not discuss further details but only expressed excitement about the roles the Eagles coaches are expected
to play in the development of football in Nigeria. He spoke to this reporter from London and these were his words.
There will be workshops and coaching clinics for Nigerian coaches. The Eagles coaches will be touring Nigeria to
watch league matches and not like in the recent past when our national coaches failed to monitor our leagues. We are
initiating so many things that will help our football. We will develop the game and also aim to present a good team
for the next World Cup. I can see a bright future.

Keshi was accused of applying for another job while still with contract. The NFF terminated his contract on
Saturday.
Oliseh is highly respected at home and abroad. His television soccer analysis earns him kudos. He is now expected
to practice what he preaches on television. In principle, he is always firm. And this paints a picture of his character
and should, perhaps, educate the federation on the need to make things plain to the new helmsman. This reporter
recalls when he refused to cringe before a bullying sports ministry at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali.
The players ended the group stage without bonuses. Oliseh, as captain, ensured there was peace and no agitation.
We believe that the ministry does not have our money yet. And we believe that they will pay the money when they
receive it.
We are here for the matches and we hope to continue to win. We are focused on the tournament and not our bonuses
for we know they will surely be paid later, Oliseh told the then sports minister, Mark Aku, in response to the
ministers plea that they should be patient over their bonuses. Applause followed Olisehs maturity and response.
But when money was eventually sent from Abuja, the ministry announced changes in flight ticket refunds.
This was midway into the tournament and the players felt that they had stomached enough. It angered them. They
downed their boots for a day and went into the semi final match against Senegal with audible grumbles.
They lost and coaches Shaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi were disengaged from the team. Adegboye Onigbinde was
engaged to take the team to the World Cup. Oliseh, George Finidi and a few others were also dropped from the
World Cup team. It was the height of injustice in Eagles and the results of the Korea-Japan World Cup possibly
added weight to the law of karma.
Thirteen years on Oliseh is back at the national team as coach. This will delight former NFA chairman, Yusuf Ali
who, before now, strongly campaigned for the engagement of Oliseh as Super Eagles coach even as Oliseh was yet
to take up any known top coaching job.
He is intelligent and it is on that basis that I want him as coach. If it means Oliseh assisting a foreign coach and
eventually taking over they should consider that for he is a brilliant guy, Ali repeatedly told this reporter who
equally published his views on these pages.
Yes, Oliseh has been signed, one top NFF member confirmed . He also confirmed the Dutch assistant. Samson
Siasia hired Kalika, a Dutch, as his assistant from the Flying Eagles to his Olympic and Super Eagles days.
Clemens Westerhof is generally rated as the best foreign coach Nigeria ever had. He is Dutch also.
Sunday Oliseh
Beyonce to lead expanded anti-poverty

concert
Beyonce and Pearl Jam will headline the Global Citizen Festival in New York, which for the first time will broadcast
internationally as organizers seek to expand its anti-poverty message.performers at the September 26 show in
Central Park will include Coldplay, whose frontman Chris Martin has signed on to a long-term role in arranging the
festival, and English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who previously announced his participation. Launched in 2012, the annual concert coinciding with the UN General Assembly is free for fans who commit to
actions aimed at eradicating extreme poverty.will be playing one of only two announced shows since the pop
superstar ended a world tour last year.
This years festival is especially rewarding as we all join focuses and utilize our talents for one goal: to end
extreme poverty globally, Beyonce said in a statement released .
The festival, which in the past has been broadcast only in the United States by MSNBC, will aim to reach a
worldwide audience through a YouTube livestream, among Launched in 2012, the annual concert coinciding with
the UN General Assembly is free for fans who commit to actions aimed at eradicating extreme poverty.will be
playing one of only two announced shows since the pop superstar ended a world tour last year.
This years festival is especially rewarding as we all join focuses and utilize our talents for one goal: to end
extreme poverty globally, Beyonce said in a statement released .
The festival, which in the past has been broadcast only in the United States by MSNBC, will aim to reach a
worldwide audience through a YouTube livestream, among other broadcast plans.
See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/beyonce-to-lead-expanded-anti-poverty-
concert/#sthash.3W38Kgsi.dpuf other broadcast plans.

Beyonce was a surprise performer at last years festival during a set by her husband, rapper Jay Z. Another
unexpected guest was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who vowed to improve sanitation for his nations
poorest.
Leaders of the Global Poverty Project, which spearheads the event, recently traveled to India to meet Modi and
discuss collaboration with Indian stars, said Hugh Evans, its chief executive.
Seeking commitments on poverty
The concert will come a day after the United Nations is expected to announce new targets at the end of a 15-year
global push against poverty known as the Millennium Development Goals.The stakes are a lot higher than any
previous year, Evans told AFP.
There is a huge focus this year on ensuring these new goals are not just a nice wish list for development but are
fully financed, and that we actually have the means to ensure that these goals are achieved, he said.
One goal of the campaign is to ensure that most assistance goes to the worlds poorest. Only 32 percent of US
foreign aid goes to least developed countries, according to a recent study.festival will also seek firm commitments
on funding for sanitation, food security and education.
Teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in 2012 for her support of education for girls in Pakistan,
on Tuesday urged world leaders to give all children access to 12 years of free education.cost, she told a forum in
Oslo, would be $39 billion which she described as the equivalent of eight days of global military spending.
The United Nations points to substantial progress in the 15 years since establishing the Millennium Development
Goals.836 million people live in extreme poverty, down from 1.9 billion in 1990, and tens of millions of lives have
been saved through disease prevention efforts, according to a UN progress report.
But it pointed to persistent problems, including out-of-school children, gender disparities and rising water scarcities
which affect 40 percent of the worlds people.concert aims to put development high on the agenda with young
people, at a time of a myriad global crises from Syria
Beyonce posing with her Grammy
Microsoft to cut 7,800 jobs

Microsoft Corp yesterday said it would cut 7,800 jobs, representing nearly 7
percent of its workforce, and write down about $7.6 billion related to its Nokia
phone business.
Most of the job cuts, the software giant said would be in the phone hardware business, underscoring the companys
shift in focus to software and cloud from hardware.
About a third of the layoffs will be in Finland, where Microsoft will shut down a product development unit,
according to Finlands national broadcaster YLE.
It would be recalled that this is the second round of job cuts since Satya Nadella took over as chief executive in
February 2014. Microsoft said last July it would slash up to 18,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, Nadella has played up Microsofts cloud and enterprise software capabilities, but investors have been
concerned that the transition to cloud was not offsetting weakening sales of Windows and Office and a bleeding
phone business.
Accordingly, Microsoft was widely expected to write off all or part of the $7.2 billion it paid for Nokias handset
unit in 2014, a deal that left the company with a struggling business and only 3 percent of the Smartphone market.
The company had announced last month that Stephen Elop, the former top boss at Nokia would leave.
Overall, we believe Nadellas proactive approach at cleaning up the Nokia acquisition is a positive tipping of the
hand around Microsofts future focus on software, FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a note.
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NDLEA Intercepts $2.1 Million In Lagos Airport

The money was intercepted by the drug commission on the grounds of alleged money
laundering at the local wing of the airport.
John Bamidele Ibitey, who is 46-year-old, was detained on his way to Abuja. The suspect is already being
investigated in link with the case.
According to the first investigations Ibiteyes move was in resistance of the money laundering law act 2011 as
amended.
When questioned, Ibiteye supposed that the money belonged to one Martins Olufemi Thomas, a medical practitioner
in Lagos.
While inquiry by the anti-narcotic agency did not link the money to proceeds of narcotics, it insisted that a country
having terrorism challenge cannot afford to neglect suspicious movement of large amount of cash.
Accordingly, the chairman Ahmadu Giade, has ordered that the suspect and the evidence be moved to the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further action.
Giade said: the outcome of preliminary investigation did not link the money to proceeds of narcotics. I have
therefore directed that the suspect be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for further
investigation.
It should be noted that the establishment of the NDLEA by the promulgation of Decree Number 48 of 1989, now
Act of Parliament, was aimed at exterminating illicit drug trafficking and consumption in the Nigerian society.
NDLEA Ordered To Immediately Leave Kashamu's Residence

Kahsamus lawyer characterized the Agency move as totally illegal and on May 25 filed a motion asking the
court to order NDLEA staff removal from the residence. He insisted that the body had not obtained the warrant
as required by the legal procedure.
The order was issued on May 26, Tuesday, with the justice saying that the status quo must be maintained, The
Nation reports.
The saga started on Saturday, when the NDLEAsiege on Kashamus residence. Since then the senator-elect, wanted
by the US authorities on suspicion oftrafficking,been under house arrest over the extradition case.
We have now issued charges against the Attorney General and the NDLEA for criminal conduct for how they
carried themselves. They must now return to court on June 4th to answer these charges,s lawyer told reporters
Kahsamus lawyer characterized the Agency move as totally illegal and on May 25 filed a motion asking the court to
order NDLEA staff removal from the residence. He insisted that the body had not obtained the warrant as required
by the legal procedure.
We have now issued charges against the Attorney General and the NDLEA for criminal conduct for how they
carried themselves. They must now return to court on June 4th to answer these charges,s lawyer told reporters.
He further noted thatPresident Olusegun Obasanjo was clearly behind the latest efforts to arrest his client.
Kashamu, on his part, refused to appear in court on Monday, May 25, for the extradition proceedings.
The official reaction by the NDLEA became available with SaharaReporters.
Ofoyeju Mitchell, the NDLEA head of public affairs, said the agency had not received any court order to vacate the
residence of the suspect.
We believe any order to vacate his residence is diversionary, he added.
The official emphasized thatNDLEA would not be distracted by Kashamusmaneuvers, urged the senator-elect to
respect the law by submitting himself to the due process of the law.
Mitchell also noted that the agency was acting in accordance with the law and obtained a provisional warrant from
the Federal High Court.
Man dies after ingesting 55 wraps of cocaine

LAGOSA 32-year-old-based trader and suspected drug trafficker has died of cocaine ingestion at Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
This came as operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a 46 years old
passenger with $2,198,900 (N437.3 million) at the domestic wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
The dead suspect, identified as Ndulue Emmanuel Obiefuna, who was an intending passenger on an Ethiopian
Airlines flight to China, en route Addis Ababa, on July 5, collapsed at the departure hall after ingesting about 55
wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.20 kilogram's and was taken to a nearby hospital.
Disclosing this development to newsmen, NDLEA Commandant at Abuja airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said the
suspect confessed to cocaine ingestion on his hospital bed.
He said: The deceased collapsed at the departure hall and was being attended to by Port Health officials. The
collapse triggered our suspicion and a narcotics officer was assigned to monitor the development.
Lawan said after the suspect confessed, NDLEA took over the case from Port Health Services, adding that the
suspect died few minutes later.
He said: He collapsed immediately he notified the airline officials of his intention to cancel his trip.
At the hospital, 55 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine, with a total weight of 1.20kg, were
evacuated from his stomach.
Its suicideNDLEA boss
Chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, who described narcotic ingestion as a suicide mission, said: Ingesting
narcotics is a suicide mission. I sympathies with the family members. Drug trafficking is a serious crime.
People must shun drug trafficking and support the anti-drug campaign. We must collectively intensify counternarcotics efforts by talking to at least one person daily on the dangers of drugs and benefits of a drug-free society.
The 46 years old passenger arrested with $2,198,900 (N437.3 million) on his way to Abuja at the Murtala
Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Mr. Ibiteye John Bamidele, was accused by NDLEA operatives of money laundering.
Giade directed that the suspect and the exhibit (money) be transferred to Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, for further action.
He said: The outcome of preliminary investigation did not link the money to proceeds of narcotics. I have,
therefore, directed that the suspect be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for
further investigations.
Im a bureau de change operator
However, the suspect, who claimed to be a bureau de change operator, said: I used to work for Ebi Bureau De
Change at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, before I established my company with the name ND&C Global
Investment Limited, which is yet to be fully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC.
One of my clients (names withheld) gave me the said amount to take to Abuja. I was arrested by NDLEA officers
while checking in the money at MMA2 on my way to Abuja.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director of Office of
Personnel Management, Resigns
Katherine Archuleta resigned as director of the Office of Personnel Management, one day after disclosing that tens
of millions of OPM accounts had been hacked far more than initially disclosed.
Her resignation, accepted by the president, takes effect at the end of the day, and comes after she insisted she would
not resign.
"Archuleta made clear to the president that she believed it was best for her to step aside and allow new leadership
that would enable the agency to move beyond the current challenges and allow the employees at OPM to continue
their important work," a White House official said. "This includes responding to the recent breaches affecting
personal information and improving the OPM systems to mitigate risks in the future."
Beth Cobert, the chief performance officer and deputy director for management at the Office of Management and
Budget, will take over for now as acting director of OPM.
"I conveyed to the President that I believe it is best for me to step aside and allow new leadership to step in, enabling
the agency to move beyond the current challenges and allowing the employees at OPM to continue their important
work," Archuleta wrote in her statement.
She also said she was "proud of the work we have done to develop the REDI initiative and our IT Strategic Plan,"
without mentioning the massive data breach.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest credited Archuleta with implementing changes that detected the data
breach.
Members of Congress, who have torched Archuleta from both sides of the aisle over the unprecedented breach,
sounded happy she's out.
"This is the absolute right call," said House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.
"OPM needs a competent, technically savvy leader to manage the biggest cyber security crisis in this nation's
history.
"The IG has been warning about security lapses at OPM for almost a decade. This should have been addressed
much, much sooner but I appreciate the President doing what's best now. In the future,
positions of this magnitude should be awarded on merit and not out of patronage to political operatives."
Katherine Archuleta
After 54 years
Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina
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After 54 years
Confederate flag taken down in South

Carolina
For the first time since the civil rights movement, the Confederate flag was removed entirely from the South
Carolina Statehouse, in a swift ceremony before thousands of people who cheered as the Civil War-era banner
was lowered from a 30-foot flagpole.
Many people believed the flag would fly indefinitely in this state, which was the first to leave Union, but the killing
of nine black church members during a Bible study in Charleston last month changed that sentiment and reignited
calls to bring down Confederate flags and symbols across the nation.
Dylann Roof, a white man who was photographed with the Confederate flag, is charged in the shooting deaths, and
authorities have called the killings a hate crime.
The crowd, estimated at up to 10,000 people, chanted "USA, USA" and "hey, hey, hey, goodbye" as an honor guard
of South Carolina troopers lowered the flag during a 6-minute ceremony. Gov. Nikki Haley stood on the Statehouse
steps along with family members of the victims and other dignitaries. While she didn't speak, she nodded and smiled
in the direction of the crowd after someone shouted: "Thank you governor."
Haley supported the flag before the shooting, but the Republican had a change of heart in the days after the killings
and led the push to get legislators to pass a bill before the end of the summer. She signed the legislation Thursday.
As she looked on, two white troopers rolled up the flag neatly and tied it with a white ribbon. They handed it to a
black trooper who brought it to the Statehouse steps.
Highway Patrol Cpl. Rupert Pope downplayed the significance of their race in the ceremony.
"We're all gray," he said, with the other officers nodding in agreement.
President Barack Obama tweeted minutes after the flag was down, saying it was "a sign of good will and healing and a
meaningful step towards a better future." Obama delivered a eulogy at the funeral for state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who
was also pastor of the church where the killings took place.
King Sunny Ades US show cancelled, fans demand

refund IN Africa, he is known as pioneer of world music-as his native, electrifying juju music mixes with modern
eclectic rhythm, danceable and enjoyable. He is godfather of juju music in Africa. King Sunday Adeniyi, whose
sobriquet goes by KSA on stage is a phenomenon in Nigerian arts/culture being classed all around the world as one
of the most influential musicians of all time
This Nigerian music-legend, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist disappointed his United States fan when words
reached his music-lovers in Dallas, Texas less than 48 hours to his live performance at Annette Strauss Square of AT
&T Performing Arts Center earlier slated for June 18, 2015 that KSA and his African Beats would no longer be able
to honor their show. Tickets for the show was pegged at $25 per person.
Everyone with passion for African music in Dallas were surprised, but wondered what could have kept this Nigerian
music icon away from the much-publicized show? Investigation by CNN iReport revealed that the African Beats
band members did not yield their international traveling passports over to the juju maestro early against his repeated
warnings to them, as they felt since KSA is a global name, at their own time they could always hand-over their
passports and be sure of having Visa emblazoned on their passport pages. This time around, they were disappointed,
since United States Embassy follow its policies and bureaucracies to the letters in issuance of Visa to people. By the
time the Visa procurement finally began at the US Embassy due to KSAs band boys delay; it was crystal clear to
them they would not be able to obtain their Visa at that point in other to play at the AT &T Dallas show.
KSA Face-saving courtesy visit to US Embassy in Lagos
When it dawned on KSA that the lackadaisical attitude of his band boys made him to miss the AT &T Dallas Show,
CNN iReport gathered this Nigerian music impresario had to quickly ensure he had a word with the Consul-General
in a face-saving move to cover the obvious delay-blunder orchestrated by his band boys. He was counseled that as
an African music Ambassador , widely traveled and respected, he should always try to ensure traveling documents
by his band members are always submitted on time, with earliest interview date fixed; to avert similar occurrences.
He agreed.
Thereafter, it was clear that KSA was already angry with his band boys, as he held straight-face, without smiling
when he departed the Consul-General office immediately after a group picture of KSA with US Embassy staff were
taken. Even when his band boys were asking him the outcome of their Visa as they drove out of the premises, he
refused to acknowledge their requests. It is unclear if KSA would wield a big-stick against his band members or
step-up more discipline among them to avoid same blunder in the future.
King Sunny Ade.: George Elijah Otumu
The truth about Bill Cosby , Camille Cosby wife

And who would be playing the stoic, supportive wife but Bill Cosbys wife, who is speaking up and standing
by her husband of 50 years.
I met my husband, Bill Cosby, in 1963, and we were married in 1964. The man I met, and fell in love with, and
whom I continue to love, is the man you all knew through his work. He is a kind man, a generous man, a funny man,
and a wonderful husband, father and friend. He is the man you thought you knew.
A different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. It is the portrait of a man I do not know. It
is also a portrait painted by individuals and organizations whom many in the media have given a pass. There appears
to be no vetting of my husbands accusers before stories are published or aired.
An accusation is published, and immediately goes viral. None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking
a victim. But the question should be asked who is the victim?
Over the last month, more than 15 women have come forward with stories claiming that the 77-year-old comedian
had drugged and sexually assaulted them. The alleged incidents date as far back as the 1960s.
Bill, who has largely stayed silent on the matter, said about his wife and the ongoing allegations: Love and the
strength of womanhood. Let me say it again, love and the strength of womanhood. And, you could reverse it, the
strength of womanhood and love.
Spelman College in Atlanta suspended its endowed professorship with the actor. His upcoming TV series got
scrapped, and he has stepped down as a member of the board of trustees at Temple University.
The Nigerian blogosphere finds it all amusing that there could be such dire consequences for mere misdemeanors.
Spain buys 6.5bn oil from Nigeria

The Spanish Government said it bought oil and gas worth 6.5 billion Euros from Nigeria in 2014.
The Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, Alfonso Sebastian de Erice, disclosed this while on a visit to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the National Assembly.
While appreciating existing bilateral relations between Spain and Nigeria, Erice expressed readiness of his country
to help Nigeria to boost local production of crude oil by partnering to transform existing refineries in the country.
He also said that Spain was prepared to partner Nigeria in agricultural development.
Spain is one of the partners of Nigeria, the first or the second best client; we buy 6.5 billion Euros worth of oil and
gas.
We are very happy with the exchanges that we have, and we need the oil but we want to diversify because we think
it is very important that our economic relations should not be only in gas and petrol.
We want to cooperate with you in agriculture; we have very good agricultural industry. We have comparative
advantage in tourism, manufacturing.
We have several treaties that allow us to work here. It is a domain that we will have to explore.
For us, the oil business is important because we need it but we want to diversity and I know that Nigerian
authorities also want to diversify, he said.
On terrorism in the country, the envoy said that his country was ready to provide support towards combating the
menace, adding that Spain and Nigeria had signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on training on antiterrorism.-Continued SPAIN on Page 6
Alfonso Sebastian de Erice
The Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria,
-SPAIN from Page (1) Responding, Dogara said that Nigeria appreciated Spains offer to help in fighting
terrorist, noting that the country had experience of insurgency as it had faced and overcame such problems in the
past.
He said that Nigeria had a lot in common with Spain and called for further assistance to enable Nigeria to diversify
its economy.
In a related development, Dogara pledged support for the development of tourism, mineral resources and other
sectors in Cross River.

He made the pledge when the Cross River Caucus in the House paid him a courtesy visit.
The speaker, however, urged the lawmakers to shun personal interests as there was the need to compensate those
who suffered during the electioneering campaign by promoting pro-people agenda which included employment
generation
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara
10 foods that make you look younger

You can head off a lot of your most common beauty concerns simply by downing the right foods. That's right
eating well not only does wonders for your waistline and bolsters your immune system but can also provide some
very real get-groing benefits, such as smoothing wrinkles, giving hair a glossy shine and strengthening flimsy nails.
"Your diet directly affects your day-to-day appearance and plays a significant role in how well you age," said Dr.
Joshua Zeichner.
The smart approach, Zeichner said, is to create a plan that includes what he calls "the building blocks of healthy skin
and hair"nutrients, minerals and fatty acidsas well as antioxidants to protect your body from damaging
environmental stresses.
Get ready to nab some beauty-boosting perks by tossing these essential face-saving edibles
Coffee
Grabbing some java every morning doesn't just jump-start your daythat cup of joe has bioactive compounds that
may help protect your skin from melanoma (the fifth most common cancer in the U.S.), according to a recent report
in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers found that the more coffee people downed, the less
likely they were to get the disease: Those drinking four cups daily had a 20 percent lower risk of developing
malignant melanoma over a 10-year period than non-coffee drinkers. o your grocery cart
.Watermelon
The summertime fave is loaded with lycopene.
"This antioxidant compound gives watermelon and tomatoes their red colorand helps skin stave off UV damage,"
said nutrition pro Keri Glassman, RD, founder of NutritiousLife.com.
Researchers believe that the melon contains as much as 40 percent more of the phytochemical than raw tomatoes;
that's the equivalent of an SPF 3, so use it to bolster (not replace) your daily dose of sunscreen.
Pomegranates
The seeds of this wonder fruit are bursting with antioxidants, like vitamin C, that prevent fine lines, wrinkles and
dryness by neutralizing the free radicals that weather skin. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
found that higher vitamin C intake lessened the likelihood of dryness and wrinkles in middle-aged women. Also in
the fruit's arsenal: anthocyanins (which help increase collagen production, giving skin a firmer look) and ellagic acid
(a natural chemical that reduces inflammation caused by UV damage).
Blueberries
Boost radiance by popping some of these plump little beauties. Blueberries supply vitamins C and E (two
antioxidants that work in tandem to brighten skin, even out tone and fight off free-radical damage), as well as
arubtin, "a natural derivative of the skin lightener hydroquinone," Zeichner said.
Lobster
High in zinc, shellfish has anti-inflammatory properties that can help treat a range of skin annoyances, acne
included.
"Zinc accelerates the renewal of skin cells," said Dr. Whitney Bowe, clinical assistant professor of dermatology at
the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "That's why you find the nutrient in many acne medications."
In fact, research shows that people with acne have lower levels of zinc than people with clear skin.
Kale
On the long list of this leafy green's nutrients are vitamin K (it promotes healthy blood clotting, so the blood vessels
around the eyes don't leak and cause Walking Dead-like shadows) and loads of iron.
"Insufficient levels of iron in your diet can cause your skin to look pale, making it easier to spot blood vessels under
the skin," explained Dr. Howard Murad, associate clinical professor of medicine at UCLA. To max out the benefits,
eat the veggie cooked, not raw.
Eggs
Your fingernails (toenails, too) are made of protein, so a deficiency can turn those talons soft. Keep yours thick and
mani-pedi-ready by cracking smart: "Eggs are a good source of biotin, a B complex vitamin that metabolizes amino
acids, which are the building blocks of protein," said Dr. Frank Lipman, director of Eleven-Eleven Wellness Center
in New York City.

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